CMP 108: Programming for Non-Computer Science Majors
Lehman College, City University of New York
Spring 2007

Announcements:

• Grades are now available on eSIMS.  Have a great summer!
  
• Our last class meeting will be the first day of finals, Friday, 18 May 2007.  From 9-11am, the lab will be open to demonstrate any remaining lab exercises and initial grading of projects.  At 11am, demonstrations of projects will begin.  Each presentation will be about 5 minutes, and friends and family are welcome to attend the presentations.
  
• Class meets the first hour in Gillet 137, followed by a short break and lab in Gillet 220.  If you would like to work with your robot before class, G 137 will be open at 8:30 on Fridays.
  
• In addition to my office hours, you are welcome to stop by and work with your robots whenever the doors to G 137 office suite are open--- most Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons and some mornings.
  

Handouts:

• Syllabus
  
• Outline
• Lecture notes for 2 February
• Lecture notes for 9 February
• Programs for lecture & lab on 9 February:
  
  • tankbot1.nqc (written by Dave Baum-- see textbook)
  • tankbot2.nqc (written by Dave Baum-- see textbook)
• Lab 1 for 9 February
• Quiz 1 (target date: 16 February)
• Lecture Notes for 16 February available at:  
  http://comet.lehman.cuny.edu/bmurphy/HTMLWorkshop
• Programs for lecture & lab on 16 February:
  
• pirouette.nqc
• duet.nqc
• forTurn.nqc
• Lab 2 for 16 February
• Quiz 2 (target date: 23 February)
• Programs for lecture & lab on 23 February:
  
  • bumpbot1.nqc (written by Dave Baum-- see textbook)
  • sing.nqc (from the NQC distribution)
• Lab 3 for 23 February
• Quiz 3 (target date: 2 March)
• Lab 4 for 2 March
• Quiz 4 (target date: 9 March)
• Programs for lecture & lab on 9 March:
  
  • seek.nqc
  • linebot1.nqc
• Lab 5 for 9 March
• Quix 5 (target date: 16 March)
• Lab 6 for 16 March
• Programs for lecture & lab on 23 March:
  • task.nqc  
• Quiz 6 (target date: 23 March)
• Programs for lecture & lab on 23 March:
  • beep.nqc
• Lab 7 for 23 March
• Quiz 7 (target date: 30 March)
• Lecture notes for 30 March (modified from Alice textbook)
  
• Lab 8 for 30 March
  
• Quiz 8 (target date: 13 April)
• Lecture notes for 13 April (modified from Alice textbook)
• Lab 9 for 13 April
• Quiz 9 (target date: 20 April)
• Project Information
• Lecture notes for 20 April (modified from Alice textbook)
• Lab 10 for 20 April
• Quiz 10 (target date: 27 April)
• Lecture notes for 27 April (modified from Alice textbook)
• Lab 11 for 27 April
• Quiz 11 (target date: 4 May)
  
• Lecture notes for 4 May (modified from Alice textbook)
• Lab 12 for 4 May
  
• Quiz 12 (target date: 11 May)
  
• Lecture notes for 11 May (modified from Alice textbook)
• Quiz 13 (target date: 18 May)
• Lab 13 for 11 May
  

Useful Links:

• The Alice page is http://alice.org.
  
• The official Lego Mindstorm robot page is http://www.legomindstorms.com.
• The programming language for the course is Not Quite C (NQC), written by Dave Baum, and maintained by John Hansen. Some useful NQC documents include:
  
  • NQC Programmer's Reference Sheet by Matthew Bates:
    2 pages with every NQC command and construct, very briefly described.
  • NQC Programmer's Guide by Dave Baum:
    62 page guide to programming in NQC.
  • Some BricxCC tutorials by the original authors (towards the bottom of the page).
    
  • The Bricx Command Center software for Windows.
  • The MacNQC software for MacIntosh OS.